For many homeowners, 2024 will be the year of home improvement. With mortgage rates sitting well above 6%, most aren’t willing to enter the housing market – which would mean essentially swapping their sub-4% mortgage rates for much higher ones.
Instead, renovating their existing homes will make more sense – allowing them to hold onto those low rates while making their properties more comfortable, livable and convenient.
Are you thinking of updating your home this year? Here are the six home improvement trends you should have on your radar.
Biophilic Design
Biophilic design – which incorporates elements of nature into a home’s decor — has been a growing trend in recent years, and 2024 will likely be no different.
“We expect to see one of the top interior design trends in 2024 to be a marked increase in biophilic design,” says Greg Roth, senior interior designer at CarbonShack Design in Los Angeles. “The recent uptick in interior design elements that connect us to nature – either visually, physically or referentially – will grow stronger as home furnishings brand, manufacturers and designers continue to embrace the importance of environmental stewardship.”
Some examples Roth says to look out for: nature-inspired patterns, skylights that let in more sunlight and bi-fold doors that “dissolve barriers between the inside and outside.”
Goodbye Grays
Gray tones have been a hot decor hue for years now, but it seems the color’s days are numbered.
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